#6AB4E3#6AB4E3

#6AB4E3 is a light, moderate cyan. Relative luminance 0.413; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.101 H 238.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.25:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#6AB4E3
RGB	rgb(106, 180, 227)
HSL	hsl(203, 68%, 65%)
HSV	hsv(203, 53%, 89%)
CMYK	cmyk(53.3%, 20.7%, 0%, 11%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.35, -10.02, -30.62)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.35, 32.22, 251.88°)
OKLab	oklab(74% -0.0532 -0.0854)
OKLCH	oklch(74% 0.101 238.1)
XYZ	xyz(36.1252, 41.2497, 78.7164)
Luminance	0.4125 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#6AB4E3 #E3996A

analogous

#6AE3D6 #6AB4E3 #6A77E3

triadic

#6AB4E3 #E36AB4 #B4E36A

tetradic

#6AB4E3 #D66AE3 #E3996A #77E36A

square

#6AB4E3 #D66AE3 #E3996A #77E36A

split-complementary

#6AB4E3 #E36A77 #E3D66A

monochromatic

#2179B1 #369AD9 #6AB4E3 #9ECEED #D1E8F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.27

#6AB4E3 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.25

#6AB4E3 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #6AB4E3

9.25:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##6AB4E3	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##6AB4E3	1.00	2.27	9.25	9.25
#FFFFFF	2.27	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.25	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#9FB3E5

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#8EA6E2

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#17C0C4

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ACACAC

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #6ab4e3;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(106, 180, 227);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.101 238.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#9ccaec',
    500: '#6ab4e3',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #6ab4e3;
$custom-light: #9ccaec;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#6ab4e3",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 106,
    "g": 180,
    "b": 227
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 203.306,
    "s": 68.362,
    "l": 65.294
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74002,
    "c": 0.10064,
    "h": 238.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.41253
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#6AB4E3

secondary

#E9D0C0

accent

#5E15D0

background

#FAFCFE

surface

#F3F8FD

border

#CDD1D5

text

#0F1316

muted

#7F8284

Preview Lab

Preview with #6AB4E3

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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